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  • 31stingy — stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tightfisted, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly, cheeseparing, penny pinching can mean unwilling or manifesting unwillingness to share one s goods with others or to give to another a part of one s… …

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  • 32Avaricious — Av a*ri cious ([a^]v [.a]*r[i^]sh [u^]s), a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. [1913 Webster] Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. Usage: {Avaricious},… …

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  • 33Avariciously — Avaricious Av a*ri cious ([a^]v [.a]*r[i^]sh [u^]s), a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. [1913 Webster] Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. Usage:… …

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  • 34Avariciousness — Avaricious Av a*ri cious ([a^]v [.a]*r[i^]sh [u^]s), a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property. [1913 Webster] Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close. Usage:… …

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  • 35stingy — adjective (stingier; est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 1. not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending < stingy with the salt > < stingy&#8230; …

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  • 36ken-2, kenǝ-, keni-, kenu-; —     ken 2, kenǝ , keni , kenu ;     English meaning: to rub, scrape off; ashes     Deutsche Übersetzung: “kratzen, schaben, reiben”     Note: various with conservative extensions     Material: I. Leichte basis: Gk. κόνις, ιος f. “dust, ash” ( is&#8230; …

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  • 37hard up — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑impecunious, ↑in straitened circumstances, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑pen …

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  • 38in straitened circumstances — adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities • Syn: ↑hard up, ↑impecunious, ↑penniless, ↑penurious, ↑pinched • Similar to: ↑poor • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 39parsimonious — adjective excessively unwilling to spend parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses lived in a most penurious manner denying himself every indulgence • Syn: ↑penurious • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous …

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  • 40pinched — adjective 1. sounding as if the nose were pinched (Freq. 1) a whining nasal voice • Syn: ↑adenoidal, ↑nasal • Similar to: ↑high, ↑high pitched • …

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